Around Christmas 2005 Cliff decided to start running. A few laps, every day in the gym, slowly building the number of laps, and after some months, the weather was glorious sunshine, so he switched to mostly running outside. These are some of the routes. New runners should get advice from their physician...

Of course, the problem with outside is that the distance metric is missing. Web based programs can help with that, but GPS watches are helpful too. Getting a GPS watch and noticing Brian Mason's Lafayette running article, I felt challenged to put GPS data from the watch unto USGS topo maps. I mostly have used this process for creating maps for my Witness the Forever Wild Adirondack hiking guide and web galleries. Modeling the cumulative ascent information from the GPS data is described near the end of the article: GPS and J Propel an Adirondack Hiking Guide.

On the Hill Total miles: 1.87 Cumulative Ascent: 200 feet. Old man time: 13:52	A nice run around College Hill
Center Square Total miles: 2.16 Cumulative Ascent: 260 feet. Old man time: 17:05	A run to center square, over to the Delaware river and steeply ascending back to campus.
Regular Run Total miles: 3.36 Cumulative Ascent: 410 feet. Old man time: 26:34	A nice run down to and along the Bushkill and Delaware river ascending moderately back onto College Hill
Ridge Run Total miles: 3.92 Cumulative Ascent: 490 feet. Old man time: 30:29	A nice run along gently ascending and steeply descending the Paxinosa ridge
Lehigh and Delaware Total miles: 4.24 Cumulative Ascent: 600 feet. Old man time: 32:47	A nice run down to where the Lehigh and Delaware rivers meet and along Delaware river ascending moderately back onto College Hill.
Short Canal Run Total miles: 7.03 Cumulative Ascent: 1200 feet. Old man time: 56:08	Before I became a runner, I saw a Lafayette student running onto 611 near Nevin Park and then was startled to see him running across the Glendon bridge later. This is fairly long, includes those points, and is a lovely loop that includes a nice run along the canal. The trickest part is the teleporting across the railroad tracks just beyond mile 5.
Long Canal Run Total miles: 11.92 Cumulative Ascent: 1250 feet. Old man time: 91:20	This is an extended run that includes lots of running along the canal and Delaware river.